Gate.



J. H. MOSS.

GATE.

APPLICATION TILED MAY 29,1913.

Patented Sept. 29, 1914.

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UNITED STATES P TENT OFFICE.

JOHN H. MOSS, 0F ANeoLA, INDIANA, ASSIGNOR or ONE-HALF 'ro CHARLES s.wHrn WQR'IH AND ONE-HALF T0 CHARLES c. I BOGLE,BOTH or CEDAR FALLS,IOWA.

GATE.

This invention relates to improvements in gates, more particularly tothe class of farm gates wherein provisionis made for elevating the gateto open the same, and has for one of its objects to simplify andiniprove the construction and increase the efficiency and utility ofdevices of this character.

vide a gate constructed wholly of metal and principally of gas or steampiping and so coupled and balanced that the gate will automatically tiltupwardly when released, and which may be lowered into closedposition bythe exercise of a relatively small amount of force.

With these and other objects in view the invention consists in certainnovel features of construction as hereinafter shown and described andthen specifically pointed out in the claim,'and in the drawingsillustrative of the preferred embodiment of the invention.

Figure 1 is a side elevation of the'improved gate in closed position;Fig. 2 is a plain view of the same. A Fig. 3 is a section A on the line33 of Fig. 1 looking in the direction of the arrow. Fig. 4c is anenlarged perspective view of one of the coupling members between thehorizontal and 1 vertical members of the gate.

Correspondingand like parts are referred to in the following descriptionand indi cated in all the views of the drawings by the same referencecharacters.

The improved gate may be constructed of any required size to fit withingateway openings located any distance apart, but is designed moreparticularly for the larger class of farm gates, and for the purpose ofillustration is shown thus applied.

The hinge post is represented conventionally at 10 and the latch post at11, the posts having the usual fence material 12 connected thereto, Thehinge post is provided with the lower hinge members 13 of the usualconstruction, while the latch post Another object of the invention istopro-j Specification of Letters Patent. Patented. Sept. 29, 1914;.Application filed May 29,

1913.- Serial No; 770,708.

his provided with a latch housingld as shown; 1 The gate is, formed withthe upper rail member 15 and the lower rail member 16 of the rail a clipa similar clip device 26 is connected by a set screw 27 i to the lowerrail member 16 at its hinge end. Embracing the latch end of the railmember 15 is another clip member 28 secured in position by a set screw29, while a similar clip member 30 is secured to the latch end of therail member 16 by a set screw 31. The clip devices 2 126-2830 areprecisely alike and one of the clips is shown in detail in Fig. 4. Theclips are provided with. depending ears represented conventionally'. at32 and embraces the opposite sides of the end members 33-34 of thegate.The endme'mbers of the gate are preferably in the form of flat bars asshown and are The centers of the pivots 35 are disposed in the pivot 21of the central stay 23, while the pivots 35 of the lower portion of thegate are in longitudinal alinement with the pivot 22. The end member 33is provided with the receiving hinge members 3637 which are rigidlycoupled to the member 33 as shown at 3839 and engage over the pintles ofthe hinge members 13. The end members 3334 are coupled at suitable intervals by strand wires 10 which may be spaced apart to any requiredextent, and are generally arranged with the wires nearest the groundspaced at shorter intervals than those at the upperportion of the gateto the like.

pivoted at 35 between the ears of the clips.

preferably constructed of tubing such as v device 24 is secured by a setscrew 25, while i alinement longitudinally of the gate with H excludesmaller animals and chickens and Connected to the terminal member 34 ofi the gate is a housing or guideway 41 through which a bolt 42 ismounted to slide, the bolt having an inclined outer end adapted toengage in the latch housing 14 when the gate is depressed and providedwith a spring 43 to hold the latch in its outer position or. inengagement normally with the housing 14- when the gate is in its lowerposition.

The lower rail member 16 is provided with a plurality of apertures 44spaced apart to receive a bolt 45. Engaging the bolt 45 is a U-shapedrod including sides bearing against opposite sides of the gate 46-47;Mounted to swing uponthe bolt 35 which is employed to secure the'clip 24to the member 33 are curved rods 48-49 to the inner end of which springs5051 are. coupled at their upper ends, while the lower ends of thesprings are coupled respectively to theside portions 4647v of thell-shaped rod. By this means the springs 51 exert a pulling force uponthe gate and operateto elevate the same in position shown by dottedlines in Fig. 1 when the latch member 42 is released from the housing14. -By this arrangement thesprings' are located upon opposite sides ofthe gate and exert a pulling strain upon the bolt. 45 equallyfrom bothsides of the gate structure. Byfadjusting the bolt 45 in the apertures44 the tension of the spring may be increased or decreased as required,or the spring tightened in event of its becoming weakened by use. Itwill thus be noted that the pivot 35 which engages the clip 32 performsthe two-fold function as pivot to unite the members 153238 and as aholding device for the connecting memj bers 3849. The various pivots21-22-35 being maintained constantly at equal distances apart, the gateis not cramped when.

, elevated as the rails 1516 retain their parallel relation, while theend members' 3334 and the central stay member 23 like- Copies of thispatent may be obtained for wise retain their constant parallel relationas illustrated by dotted lines in Fig. 1. The strand wires 40 are passedaround the members 3834 and the terminal twisted around the body of thewire, so that when the gate is elevated the wires will freely bend attheir unctures with the end members 33-34, and thus prevent cramping theparts. The mem bers 2426-28-30 and the members 17-48 are formedrespectively from metal, preferably malleable iron, while the endmembers 3334 are formed from metal bars and the members 161723 areconstructed from piping, such as sufficiently enlarged gas or steampiping.

The improved device is simple in construction, can be inexpensivelymanufactured, is strong and durable and of few parts, and is not liableto get out of order while in use.

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed as new is:

A gate including a frame formed of upper and lower longitudinal membersand end members, clips engaging said longitudinal members and includingspaced side portions bearing upon opposite sides of said end members,pivot devices extending through the sides of said clips and likewisethrough the portions of the end members and b aced thereby, connectingmembers swinging upon the upper pivot at the hinge end of the gate andat opposite sides of the same, a spring coupled to each of saidconnecting members, a stop carried by the lower longitudinal member ofsaid gate, and a rod bent into U-shape and engaging at its bend with astop and. coupled at its terminals respectively to said springs.

It testimony whereof I afiix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

JOHN H. MOSS. [1,. s.] .VltllQSSQS HARRY G. GOODRICH, Anrnonso G. VVoon.

five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents.

Washington, D. C.

